Biography

As the daughter of Mexican immigrants, my connection to Latin America started long before I was born. My family members were the first to plant the seeds of my interest in “philosophies of hope” that I would cultivate during my undergraduate career in Latin American Studies and Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis. In a time when democracy’s future seems uncertain, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship allowed me to engage in deep studies of social movements, rekindling my faith in the powerful possibility of collective change. At the root, I am intrigued by social movement theory and particularly, transnational and transracial/transethnic social movements in Latin America. During the MPhil in Latin American Studies at Cambridge, I hope to research how anarcho-punks in Brazil and Mexico use art and music to mobilize their subculture, align themselves with political movements, and educate their surrounding communities. As a current and future educator, I see it as my civic duty to unearth these stories of youth coming together to make a change in society. In addition to my studies, I will collaborate with youth development organizations, local libraries, and museums to put my research into practice. It is an incredible honor to join the Gates Cambridge community.

Previous Education

Washington University Latin American Studies 2023